Society and the World

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics.

Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself.

Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false.

A half-truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.

I'm not smart enough to lie.

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?

By doubting we come at truth.

Philosophy is the science which considers truth.

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a labourer’s hand.

Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of this world, all things are weighed by the false scale of custom.

Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared.

A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life.

Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story.

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that History has to teach.

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.